ANAHEIM, Calif. — Milan Hejduk came into the final day of the year with only one goal for the month of December, a 13-game drought that had the Avalanche captain showing some rare outward frustration at times.

Before New Year’s Eve had closed, however, Hejduk had scored bookend goals in the Avs’ 4-2 victory at the Honda Center over the Anaheim Ducks. Auld lang syne, eh?

“It’s been tough for me. But on the other hand, we were winning so that made things easier,” said Hejduk, whose two goals lifted his career total to 368.

Hejduk slipped a puck between the pads of Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller at 6:35 of the first period to open scoring and gave Colorado a 4-1 lead with a one-timer from the left circle on the power play in the third period — finishing off a pretty pass from Ryan O’Reilly.

“I had some room to shoot and Ryan made a great pass,” Hejduk said.

Kobasew’s 100th. Colorado’s Chuck Kobasew potted the 100th goal of his NHL career at 7:05 of the the second period. It created a 3-0 lead.

“I would have taken one. It’s definitely an honor,” Kobasew said. “You never get sick of scoring. It hit me there after the guys kind of mentioned it. I don’t look at my numbers and stuff like that. But it’s nice.”

Footnotes. Avs winger David Jones made his return after missing close to three weeks with a groin injury. He was a minus-1 in 11:46, with one shot. … Avs defender Kyle Quincey scored a big slap-shot goal in the second period, lifting his team’s lead to 2-0.

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